The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-08-04

tion to visit Kansas City i'll October. Gin
cinnati, st. Paul and Minneapolis, are al
| SO sending invitations.
Lieut.. Emory H. Taunt, OF tho navy,
who has just returned to Washington after
two years spent in exploring the Congo
river in Africa was interviewed in resa rd
| to the published reports OF the death OF
Stanley. Lieut.. Taunt does not believe
that Stanley met his dea tn in the manner
alleged, and thinks that the sensational
published reports have no foundation in
| Iuct.
The president appointed w. T.. Ross.
| postmaster at Wilton Junction. Iowa.
| Postmasters commissioned Minnesota
Minneota, c. p. Kenyon; Plainview, f..
| A. Wells. Wisconsin: Hilton, {. h. Eos
ter; Oak Grove. o. c, McCollow.
The dismissal OF c. E. Behle, special pen
| sion examiner at Cincinnati, was ordered
| by Commissioners Black, on the ground
| that he had used grossly insulting language
| toward the president. The secretary oi
the interior suspended the order OF dismiss
al so as to allow Behle to explain. Behlo
| appeared at the interior department and
was given a personal hearing by the seere-
| tary. He did not deny the charge, which
| was substantiated and he was dismissed.
| Consider able excitement was occas ioned
| at Maiden, Mass. by IL story that Hattie
| f. Lewis of Maiden, who died suddenly at
| Jacksonville, Fla, was the victim OF foul
| play by woman who accompanied her.
| 1t is said the girl was poisoned by her
fathers MISTRESS the latter hoping to gain
| more influence over Lewis. The girl was
buried at Maiden, but her father would not
| allow the casket to be opened. 1t is intl
| mated that facts in the case will be given
| to the legal authorities. Lewis had trouble
with his wife last winter and lett her.
The articles for the prize fight between
| Jake kilrain of America and Jem Smith ol
| England were signed at in the office oil
| the Sporting Life, London. Richard X. Fox,
| Mr.. Burke, Bob Sabbigan, Jack Harper,
Arthur Brisbane and several Others were
encounter will take place in Spain, on the
3rd day of January, 1888, within hundred
miles of Madrid.
| j. NJ. Wall, the New York Tribune cor
respondent who risked his life with o. Brien
in Canada, has been presented by his
friends with check for S1,o2o and a
diamond ring.
Prof T. n. Fellows, late OF the state
university, OF Iowa, announces that he will
be a candidate for state superintendent OF
public instruction before the Republican
state convention.
The czar and czarina witnessed the
iluNcnlnS OF Une new lrOuciOU, AleNanueF
| |. The vessel is of S,400 TONS and will
carry II cannons and 10 Hotchkiss guns.
Two men named Harry Burman and
| Robert Hare, both firemen on the Cana
dian Pacific, were drowned in the Red
river at Winnipeg.
A construction train on the Chicago &
Alton, in which were nearly one hundred
men, was run into by a freight train oi
that road, and the result was a dreadful
| smashup with serious loss. The following
were killed on the construction train:
Morton Dunseth, water carrier, Delevan,
H.; James Brown, Hopedale ILL.,. Frank
Drake, Petersburg, H.; Plano Barrow,
Ashland, ILL.,; james kellogg.
Z. w. Winter, general manager of the
Omaha, has issued circular under date
OF July 27, announcing the resignation o!
j. NJ. Whitman, general superintendent, to
| take effect August l, and that the duties
of general aisuperintendent will be performed
until further notice by the general mana
ger. simultaneously, although under date
Of July %. Marvin Hughitt, president OF
the Chicago & Northwestern, announces
that Mr.. Whitman has been appointed
general manager OF the Chicago Il North.
western and all proprietary roads east OF
eeeds Mr.. Hughitt himself who was pro-
NOTED to the presidency at the time OF the
annual meeting.
V. S. Layton, the champion middle
weight OF Bradford, Pa, was defeated by
Jack Smith of New York in six rounds in
fight to finish at jamestown, n. Y. 1t was
for stake of $3.50 and $500 purse. One.
ounce gloves were used.
The depot at Castlewood, Oak, was
struck by lightning and burned. Nothing
OF Importance was saved. Also the large
granary and machine house on the Kc;l-
tor Il Preston ranch, three miles west OF
Castlewood, was struck by lightning and
burned with ali it's contents, consisting ol
grain, machinery, etc.
The new home for Wisconsin veterans
has been located at the cha in OF lakes near
Waupaca.
There is almost unprecedented excite
ment among tobacco dealers in New York
and manufacturers, and prices for leaf to
bacco have increased from so to 100 pei
cent during July. Manufacturers have
been sending up their prices in response to
the demands made upon them by the con
trollers OF the leaf supply.
At Kansas City, L. o. Wilson, a clerk
in the postoffice has been arrested fo1
robbing tine mails, and confessed. He
punctured letters with a bodkin, and by q
microscope ascertained their contents. Il
no money or postal notes we've seen the
punctured places were obliterated by &
rubber.
A new Catholic diocese is to be created
in Dakota the headquarters to be fixed
by the pope. 1t will be followed by a cathe
dral and various educational institutions
To the anarchist agitator Most is attri
buted responsibility for some of the recent
great fire losses in New York.
Susie Beck, who had eloped with tn,
Rev" Thomas West, died suddenly a.
st. Louis.
Dr.Cross, wealthy retired army sur
geon and a well known member of society
in Ireland, has been arrested in Cork OF
the charge OF having murdered his wife by
gradual poisoning The wife's remains
were exhumed five weeks after interment
and upon an analysis traces OF poiso1
were found. DIR. Cross married his family
governess a fortnight after his wife's death
The long talked.o OF fight between Reddy
Gallagher, the local pugilist, and Charles
Mitchell occurred at the Cleveland gymnas
Jun, Mitchell was the winner.
Mary and Catherine Kearney were drown
ed at Spring Valley. N. Y.
John Hobson OF Bear Lake, New Bruins
wick, processes to have had n revelation
that the star OF Bethlehem will soon strik
the world, and produce another deluge.
Lord Salisbury, speaking at Norwich re
Gently, warned the Conservative party tt
prepare for possible dissolution of parlia
ment. He said: Parliament had often me
with an early termination when it's lif
seemed unendangered, and the Conserva
tive party must organize to instruct tn,
people against the deception of the separ
atist apostles.
Fire was discovered in the bakery OF Chri
Heffen, Chicago. It was soon discovered
that number OF people livingin the build
ing were either dead or dying from the effect
OF smoke and hame. The firemen ant
policemen began bearing out unconsciou
bodies, until eleven people had been re
moved. Then it wac found that Mari,
Trugo. aged two years was dead, also Mrs
Truso, Mrs. Bonwell and perhaps Others
Disbursing Clerk Evans, OF the interio
department. has handed over $21, 900,
900 in four years without making mis-
} take. "
The elevator OF the Florence Mill com
pany at Auburn, Dak., was struck b,
lightning and burned The elevator Wa